Kung Fu Master, China

Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Buddhist monk and kung fu master Shi Dejian (above) and his disciples hauled bags of cement and roof tiles up steep mountain paths to build an isolated retreat (in background) away from the tourist crowds at the Shaolin Temple.

 

                                     

         Aurora Borealis

                          Photograph by James Appleton, My Shot

  This was taken on the second night of a four-night stay on top of this glacial pass in southern Iceland. I picked the spot late in the afternoon and camped out waiting for the night to fall and hoping for some showing of the northern lights. It turned out to be one of the most memorable evenings of my life; the display was incredible.                                                                           

Science Fair Proposal

1. If you put a picture with emotion in front of someone, then the person will be show that emotion.

     2. Dependent- The person

         Independent- The picture

         Controlled- emotion, once I pick the emotion it will not change

    

     3. My EQ and science project are closely tied. In become a photojournalist you want people to feel something when they see your photo, you want to change their mind about something. You want your picture to mean something, if that means making them feel a certain emotion then it must be done. In my science fair project I want to make people feel one emotion from one picture. I want to make an impact on those people.

     4. I have to do an before kind of experience, to see what emotion I should pick. Then I will show different people different picture tiring to make them feel one emotion then I will ask what they are feeling and do the experiment like that. I plan on using people, maybe a class room, paper, pens, pictures and pictures.

     5. Behavioral/Social Science

Apricot Blossoms, Italy

Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic

William Albert Allard’s stunning scene of spring blossoms takes advantage of a very simple element—the wind. When a fortunate breeze created a snowfall of blossoms, Allard was in a perfect position to capture the scene’s beauty. —Annie Griffiths

Picture of the week :D 2

Photograph by Erika Larsen

Cone-shaped tents called lávut provide temporary shelter for Sami herders while following the reindeer. Nils Peder Gaup, resting here on the tundra, feels most at home in the mountains. "The Sami spirit follows you," he says.